Events Tagged: "legislation"

Julian marriage laws - attempts to restore traditional morality, penalties for adultery, rewards for having children

Sewage Utilization Act and Sanitary Act passed

Many eugenic laws finally removed from books (1970s)

California bans keeping skunks as pets due to rabies concerns

Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act officially repeals Glass-Steagall Act

Commodity Futures Modernization Act exempts derivatives from regulation

Sarbanes-Oxley Act passed in response to Enron and other corporate scandals, revolutionizing corporate governance and auditing

Congress passed Project Bioshield Act, providing $5.6 billion over ten years for development and procurement of vaccines and drugs for biological warfare defense

Dodd-Frank Act creates additional financial reporting requirements for banks